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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which relationship is not one of the relationships Toffler describes as comprising social experience?
(a) Places.
(b) People.
(c) Morals.
(d) Organizations.

2. What do deeper relationships involve, in Toffler's account?
(a) Shared spiritual experience.
(b) Initiation rituals.
(c) Interactions with many aspects of a person's personality.
(d) Genetic similarity.

3. How does Toffler describe future shock?
(a) As an opportunity.
(b) As a transformative agent.
(c) As a disease.
(d) As a temporary condition.

4. What feeling results from the development of Toffler's future culture?
(a) Power.
(b) Security.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Impermanence.

5. What problem does Toffler describe for professionals in a future society?
(a) They will have more and more power in their fields.
(b) Their industries will become obsolete.
(c) They will shrink in size as a social class.
(d) They will not be able to keep up with changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characterizes relationships in big cities, in Tommo's opinion?

2. What caused migrations in America, in Toffler's account?

3. What kind of lifestyle does Toffler say is characterized by frequent moves?

4. In what way is spring break in Ft. Lauderdale exemplary of super-industrial culture?

5. Which groups move most often, in Toffler's account?

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